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That’s what the team’s brass is doing, because unlike much of the rest of the American football speaking world, the guy who owns the Chargers has not made up his mind how much of the blame falls on Norv Turner and how much falls on A.J. Smith and who is getting canned.

It’s safe to say Dean Spanos, whose opinion is the only one that matters, still feels much as he did after last season — that it’s part personnel (meaning Smith, the general manager) and part coaching.

I don’t expect a decision soon on how much of either is responsible or what to do about it.

That last sentence caused a good number of people — those interested only in Turner and/or Smith being terminated forthwith — to stop reading. But there has to be more to this problem and its solution.

In no way are the six guys who have played the snaps on the offensive line the Chargers’ only problem, but they’re near the top of the list.

You’ve likely made up your mind about Turner and what an awful coach he is, deciding the only thing he could motivate another human to do is fall asleep. So this isn’t an attempt to deflect blame.

And, hey, Philip Rivers is the one who got spooked by the Buccaneers showing a blitz that never came, and it was he who after rolling right while running away from that phantom rush threw the ball directly to Bucs’ cornerback Leonard Johnson.

Rivers has to stop being so error prone.

But the man has needed way too much bleach to clean the grass stains off his uniform this season.

This offensive line might not be made of paper, but it is no better than cellophane. That is entirely unacceptable considering the investment it is protecting — a QB pulling down an average of $15.3 million who everyone in the league knows is the vane by which the Chargers’ fortune blows.

The Chargers are one of just four teams to rank in the top 10 in both sacks and quarterback hurries allowed. The other three teams who are allowing their QB to be pulverized have sub-.500 records too.

Among tackles on either side who have played at least 25 percent of their team’s snaps, Pro Football Focus ranks the Chargers’ two left tackles among the league’s 11 worst this season in pass blocking efficiency.

Mike Harris, in fact, is ranked last among the 69 tackles PFF grades. Gaither ranks 59th. Right tackle Jeromey Clary is the star of the group, at 47th.

Guards don’t deal with as much space or speed as tackles, but the Chargers’ two inside guys are stellar when put up against their tackle teammates. Right guard Louis Vasquez ranks 22nd among all guards who have played at least 50 percent of their team’s snaps. Left guard Tyronne Green ranks 33rd.

Green has allowed 14 quarterback pressures in 327 snaps. Dielman played 238 snaps before his season (and career) was ended in 2011. He allowed five pressures.

Nick Hardwick — for so long the man, the captain — ranks as the NFL’s 26th-best center.

The left side of the line retiring suddenly is no one’s fault. Dielman and Marcus McNeill had been to six Pro Bowls between them and would be still playing if not for wise choices to preserve their brain and neck, respectively.

Defending the signing of left tackle Jared Gaither is easily done. Gaither played superbly, even perfectly, if there could be such a thing in football, for the five games he was a Charger in ’11. He was by far the top free agent at the position. He had to be signed.

But the results of the line as a whole can’t be argued.

As far as coaching, neither Turner nor offensive line guru Hal Hunter and his assistant Mike Sullivan forgot how to teach pass blocking.

I doubt Turner is here in 2013. If Spanos decides the offensive line (not to mention Robert Meachem and Eddie Royal) are unforgivable gaffes, Smith will be gone, too.

But whoever is running things better figure out what to do with at least three of the spots on the line, or they won’t be here long either.